The blatant hold on the safety play in SB...

[ct]

they should have been instructed to hold. you don't reset the clock for that penalty, so if SF accepts any holding penalty, they gain literally nothing and lose seconds off the clock. smart hold, very very smart.

[Barret]

I think Chris Carter said something on Mike and Mike about the last play.

Said something about how the Cornerback had inside coverage and Crabtree ran the wrong route. Instead of stutter stepping to the left like he was going to slant and then accelerating to the pylon where the ball should have been, Crabtree ran right into the defender and got caught up with him.

In those circumstances the refs will let the two fight for the ball and not throw a flag. But if he didn't initiate the contact and ran the right route, he might have got the holding call or the PI call or been able to get the football for a TD.

I think I paraphrased what Chris Carter said. I could be off.

[houstonwhodat]

They weren't going to let the outcome of the Super Bowl be decided by a penalty.

[morphius]

I saw a 49ers lineman get away with an equivalent hold earlier in the quarter. As much as I like the idea of the refs letting the players play, the rules are there for a reason and need to be called when they happen. It seems there is always 1 team that does better at skirting the rules in these situations, I can think of at least 3 no-call PI calls that were not called against the Ravens, and the 1 time the throw a flag is when the WR tried to push off.

[ghak99]

I liked the way it was called, or not called in this case.

It was very noticeable though and I can definitely see were people could be unhappy. It's the ****ing Superbowl, I want to see the players sort it out. Throw the flags to keep control of the game but, for the most part, let them play.

[scho63]

I felt the Ravens got a lot of latitude from the refs-far more than the 49er's and substantially more than they would have in the regular season.

[houstonwhodat]

No penalty